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Offline MsYutai

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Noob Painter Sees Success!
« on: Sun, 17 November 2013, 17:59:16 »
Hi all,

This is my first attempt spray painting pretty much anything but I gained enough knowledge from around the site that I wanted to try my hand.

I bought 2 replacement cases knowing that I might totally mess the first case up, but I didn't, YAY!

So glad I got to participate in the build log so I will give some tips:
1. Use 400-grit sandpaper or close to that to prep the silver case surface.
2. Let your case dry in a safe place like a garage.
3. Allow plenty of dry time before flipping the case over.
4. Don't worry too much about imperfections as they can be buffed out.

Album of process

After I ordered these key caps I knew my case had to be white. Ended up using Rustoleum Pearl Mist as the final paint color. It does bring attention to the couple flaws that I have (dust), but still looks amazing!

You can read about the keycaps here

Finished product!!



I cannot wait to paint my next case to match my next set of keycaps, huehue.
« Last Edit: Sun, 17 November 2013, 18:34:48 by MsYutai »
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Re: Noob Painter Sees Success!
« Reply #1 on: Sun, 17 November 2013, 19:44:39 »
That looks great!

You'd hardly even recognise it as a QFR any more ;)
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Offline stancato9

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Re: Noob Painter Sees Success!
« Reply #2 on: Sun, 17 November 2013, 21:41:21 »
Quote from: MsYutai on Sun, 17 November 2013, 17:59:16
Hi all,

This is my first attempt spray painting pretty much anything but I gained enough knowledge from around the site that I wanted to try my hand.

I bought 2 replacement cases knowing that I might totally mess the first case up, but I didn't, YAY!

So glad I got to participate in the build log so I will give some tips:
1. Use 400-grit sandpaper or close to that to prep the silver case surface.
2. Let your case dry in a safe place like a garage.
3. Allow plenty of dry time before flipping the case over.
4. Don't worry too much about imperfections as they can be buffed out.

Album of process

After I ordered these key caps I knew my case had to be white. Ended up using Rustoleum Pearl Mist as the final paint color. It does bring attention to the couple flaws that I have (dust), but still looks amazing!

You can read about the keycaps here

Finished product!!

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I cannot wait to paint my next case to match my next set of keycaps, huehue.

This looks really good! A lot of painters on here suggest to sand multiple times while increasing the grit, but it looks like you had a great outcome only using 400 grit.  :thumb:

How smooth is the surface?
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Offline AGmurdercore

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Re: Noob Painter Sees Success!
« Reply #3 on: Mon, 18 November 2013, 04:05:09 »
This looks really nice, good job!
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Offline MsYutai

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Re: Noob Painter Sees Success!
« Reply #4 on: Mon, 18 November 2013, 11:35:44 »
Quote from: stancato9 on Sun, 17 November 2013, 21:41:21

This looks really good! A lot of painters on here suggest to sand multiple times while increasing the grit, but it looks like you had a great outcome only using 400 grit.  :thumb:

How smooth is the surface?

I actually used 220 grit the first time around, which scratched the case up-- it wasn't very smooth and I was worried but enough paint made it even again.
Next time I'll just be using 400 to prep the plastic.
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Offline r3dx

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Re: Noob Painter Sees Success!
« Reply #5 on: Tue, 19 November 2013, 11:53:09 »
Great job MsYutai!

I've always wanted to paint my QFR pearl white. I'll be sure to keep your instructions in mind once I finally get around to doing mine  :D
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Re: Noob Painter Sees Success!
« Reply #6 on: Tue, 19 November 2013, 11:58:37 »
Looks amazing! Congrats on your first paint job. Very impressive, living the rainbow keycaps too ^^ curious: what would you do to correct the dust problem?  Also, is the dust going on in between layers or as you were drying it?
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Re: Noob Painter Sees Success!
« Reply #7 on: Tue, 19 November 2013, 22:06:17 »


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Offline MsYutai

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Re: Noob Painter Sees Success!
« Reply #8 on: Wed, 20 November 2013, 17:27:20 »
Quote from: goobus on Tue, 19 November 2013, 11:58:37
Looks amazing! Congrats on your first paint job. Very impressive, living the rainbow keycaps too ^^ curious: what would you do to correct the dust problem?  Also, is the dust going on in between layers or as you were drying it?

I think it was happening when drying because I left it outside to dry. It's easy to correct just take the 600 grit sandpaper and sand it off. Then it looked kinda weird because it wasn't as glossy in that spot so I painted another coat. Hope that helps!
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Thanks for the gif haha, I dunno where you guys find all these gifs! XD
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Re: Noob Painter Sees Success!
« Reply #9 on: Wed, 20 November 2013, 17:48:57 »
Looks great!  I like Pearl Mist a lot, though it's a very temperamental slow to dry paint :(

Quote from: stancato9 on Sun, 17 November 2013, 21:41:21
This looks really good! A lot of painters on here suggest to sand multiple times while increasing the grit, but it looks like you had a great outcome only using 400 grit.  :thumb:

How smooth is the surface?

400-grit is more than sufficient for the surface before painting.  You only need 1000-2000-grit for already painted surfaces for polishing.
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Offline midnight2903

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Re: Noob Painter Sees Success!
« Reply #10 on: Sat, 23 November 2013, 11:20:47 »
Makes me wanna custom paint my QFR XD
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Re: Noob Painter Sees Success!
« Reply #11 on: Mon, 02 December 2013, 18:40:18 »
Quote from: midnight2903 on Sat, 23 November 2013, 11:20:47
Makes me wanna custom paint my QFR XD
Makes me wanna buy another QFR just to custom paint it!
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Re: Noob Painter Sees Success!
« Reply #12 on: Sun, 05 January 2014, 18:18:22 »
me too...and that is a good job.
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Re: Noob Painter Sees Success!
« Reply #13 on: Thu, 13 March 2014, 08:20:36 »
wow. How long did it take you? Looks great
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« Reply #14 on: Thu, 16 October 2014, 23:50:07 »
That reminds me of candy so much.  I love it.
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